SEVEAE LOCAL FIGHTING REPORTED.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11617, 16 August 1918, Page 8

SEVEAE LOCAL FIGHTING REPORTED.

SLIGHT ADVANCE MADE. MORE PRISONERS AND GUNS TAKEN. ft WEEK’S BAG. Aust. and’N.Z. Cable Association. Sir Douglas Haig reports severe local lighting during the night of the 14th of August, to our advantage eastward of the Raineeourt lino. We advanced slightly in this neighbourhood. A British patrol rushed a pest northward of Albert, oetween Albert and Ayette, Patrols Wore active all night long and maintained close touch with the enemy. We made further progress at a number of points, and prisoners and machine guns were taken. We repulsed raiders during the night time southeastward of Arras aim near Merville. Enemy’s artillery Tis active eastward of Robeeq and in the Scherpenberg sector. The total prisoners taken by the British Army since the morning of the Bth of August are now 21,844; by the French First Army, 8500; Totalling 30,844 on the Montdldier and Albert front. A French communique states th at the night was marked by fairly great artillery activity between the Avre and the Oise.